Fire and cattle grazing on wintering sparrows in Arizona grasslands

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 384-389

  Gordon, Caleb E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird banding; Birds; Conservation

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; PASSERINE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033865061     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003748     Document Type: Review

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